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C-17 in the Mach Loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmK5roc3HwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmK5roc3HwY
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Cool a Charleston based C-17. The last A/C program at Douglas Aircraft Long Beach. As I recall we built 8 C-17As for the UK.C-17 in the Mach Loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmK5roc3HwY
First pass was a good effort and would have gotten full points in TA instruction. Second pass embarrasses some fast-mover tactical guys I've seen. Impressive. I'm sure USAF knows that this is the lowest usable payload C-17 in the inventory - the pilot's goombas obviously take up a lot of the max gross.C-17 in the Mach Loop
Somebody FLUSHED the commode.The only other airplane really on my "I want to see that do its thing" list at the moment is the C-130J, which has an impressive power/weight ratio, rate of climb and minimum runway length. It should put on a fine show as well.
You made me go looking, steelypip (inquiring minds and all).
What's getting dumped between 1:35 -1:45, fire retardant, fuel?!
https://youtu.be/5rw4P9Z5JA8
They wanted orange smoke, but it was cost prohibitive and clashed with the blue sky in the background.I love the sight of those low birds, occasional around here for Arlington funeral fly-overs (but getting more and more rare).
That "black smoke" is a chief characteristic. Anybody know what it's about, just older less efficient engines or something?
Brother Ahab you nailed it. The pictures are of the first DC-8 on it's maiden flight in 1958, using the Pratt & Whitney JT3C/J57 Turbojet engine.I love the sight of those low birds, occasional around here for Arlington funeral fly-overs (but getting more and more rare).
That "black smoke" is a chief characteristic. Anybody know what it's about, just older less efficient engines or something?
You just described the worst air accident on record. I think it was two 747's. One landed at the same time as one taking off. It was a long time ago. On May 1977, at the Tenerife airport, Canary Islands. 583 dead, 61 survivors.This is another one of those posts that really doesn't seem appropriate anywhere else in the SS Forums.
Recently, an AIR CANADA pilot approaching SFO (San Francisco International) mistakenly lined up on the TAXIWAY instead of the RUNWAY!!!
On the taxiway ahead of him were several planes loaded with passengers AND FUEL. At the LOW ALTITUDE of just 81 ft AGL (Above Ground Level) the descending airliner responded to cockpit control inputs and ceased its descent and began its GO AROUND !
Had these evasive actions not happened in time, this could have been the worst air disaster in all of history resulting in one airplane's collision with MULTIPLE airliners on the ground.
Here is a worthy article for your reading and education....
NTSB: Air Canada close-call at SFO was even worse than first reported
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/...ally-flew-over-plane-before-aborting-landing/
Thank God this is now only an incident and not a catastrophe.
The black smoke on the B52s was the water injectors...cools the combustion stream so it makes more smoke ...but the upside is it adds mass to the exhaust so it gains thrustThat "black smoke" is a chief characteristic. Anybody know what it's about, just older less efficient engines or something?
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